So after last night having one or two too many shandies, I wasn’t feeling too genki this morning! But I had to get up early to get the Shinkansen down to Okayama. And they were all full! I’d forgotten it was a 3 day holiday. So I had to get a non-reserved ticket, and I…

Now that’s a long title! I got a call the other week asking me to attend the event tonight, to meet a lot of people and to offer my support to the competition. As this is just the sort of thing I’m wanting to help promote in schools it sounded like a nice evening. And…

After the rain ( very late, but still welcome, droughts are not fun in Japan!), it’s now Summer. And it seems like the whole city is buzzing from the upcoming festivals ( I’m in Fukuoka at the moment). So here’s a nice picture of one of the huge decorations they have dotted all over town,…

I’ve been so busy making things I haven’t had chance to update the blog! Have a look round the site, there’s lots of new stuff e.g. online videos of my workshops, new kids pages, a cool way to send money home plus lots more coming soon! I’ve got to get everything finished before the big…

Today was the second time I’ve visited a school in such a short time ( I was here exactly a year ago), and it is so nice to see how the kids have progressed through the year. The ALT schedule has been a bit up and down, but the kids attitude and speed of learning…

Day off? Not much chance of that! Spent this morning on the phone organising stuff and the rest of the day trying to do the new catalogue designs. This year I’ll also be at the AJET Info Fair at the Tokyo orientations, and I’ll need 3,000 of them in English! Which means they have to…